Whitney Leavitt is leaving The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, adding another shake-up to a show that may return for Season 5 without any of its male cast members. Filming is set to resume on the next season, but the lineup is still unsettled.
The biggest change could be the near-total removal of the men who helped shape the series’ family drama. Dakota Mortensen will no longer be featured on SLOMW, and according to TMZ, the rest of the male cast members may also be on the outs. A decision has not been finalized, but one source said producers felt the women deserved the spotlight, while another said the DadTok members did not bring enough to warrant their return.
That would mark a sharp turn for a show built around marriages, breakups and the fallout that spills into family life. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is now streaming on Hulu, and the relationships with spouses have always been part of the cast’s storylines. If the men are cut back or removed, Season 5 would lean even harder into the women’s side of the feud-driven format that made the series a breakout.
The off-screen conflict around the cast has only grown since Season 4 dropped. Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen now have restraining orders against each other, and the show was put on pause amid a domestic violence investigation involving the pair. Taylor is also in a nasty online feud with Mikayla Matthews, who pushed back after being framed as disloyal. “What also won’t fly with me is the bad friends and snake friends narrative,” Matthews said, adding, “Especially when so many of us spent years putting genuine care, time, energy, and emotional labor into trying to support her through incredibly toxic situations.”
Elsewhere in the cast, Jessi Draper and Jordan Ngatikaura split right after Season 4 was released, and Draper’s divorce is messy. She recently kissed Miranda McWhorter’s ex-husband at a party, keeping the fallout in motion as cameras prepare to roll again. For now, the clearest answer is that the show is not just changing cast members — it is changing shape, with Whitney gone and the men suddenly far less certain to follow.
